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How do I use onchange to make a changes to which list is shown (show/hide) by using jquery?

This is my dropdown.
<select id="sortBySelector" onchange="chooseSort(value)" style="display:block;border-color: #e0e0e0;">
<option value="nameSort" selected>Alphabetical</option>
<option value="gradSort">Graduation Date</option>
</select>
I have two <ul> with id= "nameSort" and "gradSort"
I wrote jquery code that will show only the selected one.
I tried this
<script>
function chooseSort(value) {
$("#nameSort").hide();
$("#gradSort").hide();
$(value).show();
}`
but it shows both lists when its on the Alphabetical option and shows nothing when i click on the Graduation option. Im not sure why this is happening. Please let me know if you can help. thank you for your time

Consider what this is doing with the given value:
$(value).show();
If the value is gradSort then you're doing:
$("gradSort").show();
Which is an incorrect selector. If you're looking by id then it's missing the # at the beginning. You can add that to the values:
<option value="#nameSort" selected>Alphabetical</option>
<option value="#gradSort">Graduation Date</option>
Or, if for a reason outside of this you don't want to change the values, you can add it to the string in the selector:
$('#' + value).show();
or:
$(`#${value}`).show();
it shows both lists when its on the Alphabetical option
It sounds like it shows both lists when the page first loads. If that's the case you can just call the function manually on page load to set the initial state:
chooseSort('#nameSort');
or:
chooseSort('nameSort');
(depending on which solution you used above)

The value itself will represent the actual value of option. So if the selected option value be gradSort this part of your code
$(value).show();
will be pointed to
$("gradSort").show();
which is not refer to anything in DOM. Because it is not a valid selector (tag), so to make this work, you should add # either
before your query selector
$('#' + value).show();
or before the value of your options.
<option value="#nameSort" selected>Alphabetical</option>
<option value="#gradSort">Graduation Date</option>
I will go with the query selector choice, so it will be something like this:
function chooseSort(value) {
$("#nameSort").hide();
$("#gradSort").hide();
$("#" + value).show();
}
$(document).ready(function() {
chooseSort("nameSort");
})
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="sortBySelector" onchange="chooseSort(value)" style="display:block;border-color: #e0e0e0;">
<option value="nameSort" selected>Alphabetical</option>
<option value="gradSort">Graduation Date</option>
</select>
<div id="nameSort">nameSort</div>
<div id="gradSort">gradSort</div>

You need a conditional to determine which will be shown and which will stay hidden. There are a few different ways to do this but I would do it like so:
<select id="sortBySelector" onchange="chooseSort(value)" style="display:block;border-color: #e0e0e0;">
<option id="nameSort' value="nameSort" selected>Alphabetical</option>
<option id="gradSort value="gradSort">Graduation Date</option>
</select>
function chooseSort(value) {
if (value === 'nameSort'){
$('#' + value).show(); // $("#nameSort").show(); would work
$("#gradSort").hide();
} else{
$('#' + value).show(); // $("#gradSort").show(); would work
$("#nameSort").hide();
}
}
Let me know if this works!
EDIT: In the spirit of keeping your HTML the same, I did have to add the id to each option to make it work. Also, I had to redo the value.show()

javascript Trying to copy database generated text in selectbox to textbox

I'm trying to make a chained dropdown that contain continent, region,country, province,city,district, and village, but i'm stuck at country.
my dropdown require me to use the id from database to chain all the dropdown, so to get the text name i usually using this method :
Country :
<select name="loc_country" class="loc_country loc5" id="loc_country" onchange="javacript: var valor2 = this.options[selectedIndex].text; document.getElementById('loc_country_real').value = valor2;">
<option value="0">-Select-</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="loc_country_real" name="loc_country_real">
However this method doesn't work this time so i try another approach with :
<select name="loc_country" class="loc_country loc5" id="loc_country">
<option value="0">-Select-</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="loc_country_real" name="loc_country_real">
and js :
$("#continent").change(function () {
$("#loc_country_real").val($('#loc_country').text());
});
and hoping when my select box with id="continent" changing, the value will update.
And that method also failed because the value given in "loc_country_real" doesn't match with selectbox "loc_country" (e.g.:when i selected europe on the continent selectbox, the loc_country select box will give me a list of european countries but the value in "loc_country_real" will be asian from country)
i need to make the text in "loc_country" and "loc_country_real" match but i have no idea how to do it, please help.

Try this:
Change your select's to have a VALUE matching the text you want E.G:
<select name="loc_country" class="loc_country loc5" id="loc_country">
<option value="0">--Select--</option>
<option value="USA">USA</option>
<option value="Canada">Canada</option>
<option value="Mexico">Mexico</option>
</select>
You can then use document.getElementById('loc_country').value to get the selected option value
// Change `loc_country_real`'s value to match `loc_country` selected option
document.getElementById('loc_country_real').value = document.getElementById('loc_country').value;
Or the jQuery way:
$('#loc_country').change(function(){
$('#loc_country_real').val($('#loc_country').val());
});
Edit since you mentioned you cannot use value:
$('#loc_country').change(function(){
var textOfSelectedOption = $("#loc_country option:selected").text();
$('#loc_country_real').val(textOfSelectedOption);
});

Hierarchical Select List using jQuery

I have two select list,
Select list 1 contains the Mobile phone brands names
<select name="mobile-phone" class="mobile-phone">
<option value="Select">Select</option>
<option value="Nokia">Nokia</option>
<option value="Samsung">Samsung</option>
<option value="HTC">HTC</option>
<option value="Apple">Apple</option>
</select>
Select list 2 contains the phone type like
<select name="mobile-model" class="mobile-model">
<option value="Select">Select</option>
<option value="Nokia--Lumia-520">Lumia 520</option>
<option value="Nokia--Lumia-620">Lumia 620</option>
<option value="Samsung--Galaxy-s3">Galaxy S3</option>
<option value="Samsung--Galaxy-s4">Galaxy S4</option>
<option value="HTC--hero">Hero</option>
<option value="HTC--one">One</option>
<option value="Apple--iphone4">iPhone 4</option>
<option value="Apple--iphone5">iPhone 5</option>
</select>
My quest is I want to display Select list 2 according to the value users select in Select List 1.
If a user selects Nokia in first selection, then only Lumia phones should be shown in second select list. Like so, for other phones.
When None is selected in First select list, then second select list should not show anything, but still visible without any option (like disabled button).
How can I accomplish this using jQuery?
The JSFiddle I have made from above select list.

I'd suggest:
/* select the select element whose name is "mobile-phone",
assign an event-handler for the 'change' event:
*/
$('select[name="mobile-phone"]').change(function () {
// get the relevant/selected brand-name:
var brand = this.value;
/* find the option elements inside of the select element with
name="mobile-model", enable them all:
*/
$('select[name="mobile-model"] option').prop('disabled', false)
// show them all:
.show()
// filter the collection, to find only those whose value does not start with the brand-name:
.filter(function () {
return !(this.value.indexOf(brand) === 0);
})
// disable those elements:
.prop('disabled', true)
// hide them:
.hide();
});
JS Fiddle demo.
References:
Attribute-starts-with ([attribute^="value"]) selector.
filter().
hide().
prop().
show().

I think you are looking for:
$("#sel2").prop("disabled", true);
$( "#sel1" ).change(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
$("#sel2").prop("disabled", false);
$("#sel2 > option").hide();
$("#sel2 > option[value*='" + value +"']").show();
});
Only I put to selects Id for do the selection by Jquery more easy. Before I disabled the control wating for any selection, and when the first select change only I keep the option that macth with option[value*='" + value +"']".
Live demo here

There is a jQuery plugin that handles this exact case very nicely: http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/chained .

You should consider having two MySQL tables: brand, model. The brand table would just be a list of brands with IDs. The model table would contain a brand column where you input those IDs.
Then you should do a JSON query for the brand selected, and return a select list accordingly.
By doing it this way, you'll have an in depth database that you can call and manipulate in numerous ways.
Alternatively, you could do something like:
$(".mobile-phone").on("change", function(){
var brand = $(this).val();
$("[data-brand]").hide();
$("[data-brand="+brand+"]").show();
});
And do this:
<option data-brand="Nokia" value="...

How to select option in jQuery using text of option tag

I'm trying to select a certain option in a select box, but it's not working:
var category = $(row + 'td:nth-child(4)').text();
$('#category_id', theCloned).load('/webadmin/video/get_categories',function(){
$('#category_id', theCloned).val(category);
});
There's no error thrown, but it doesn't change the select box. What am I doing wrong here?
Here is an example of the options loaded by the load() call:
<option value="1">Capabilities</option>
<option value="2">Application Focus</option>
<option value="5">Fun</option>
The value of the category variable is "Fun" or "Capabilities", etc.

var $selectbox = $('#category_id', theCloned), // cache the element to avoid lookup overheads
category = $(row + 'td:nth-child(4)').text();
$selectbox.load('/webadmin/video/get_categories', function(){
$selectbox
.find('option')
.filter(function(){
return $(this).text() === category;
})
.prop('selected', true);
});
Update 1
Updated the code to adjust to the code you presented in your update. This will work. However if an option will contain a part of the string and not the full string it will still be part of the selected elements. E.g.
If the options will be
<option value="1">Capabilities</option>
<option value="2">Application Focus</option>
<option value="5">Fun</option>
<option value="6">Fun Time</option>
<option value="6">Funhouse</option>
And the category variable will have the value Fun, all three last options will be part of the selector.
Update 2
Changed the code to filter the options whose text fully matches the value of the category variable. Thus, you won't have to worry about the Update 1 above.

$('#id_of_select_box').val('your_value');
this will do

Try this
$('#category_id', theCloned).val($.trim(category));

At last i found a new solution Fiddle
<select>
<option value='1'>one</option>
<option value='2' >two</option>
<option value='3' >three</option>
</select>
Script
$("select").on("change",function(){
alert($("select option:selected").text());
});

recreate an array based on options selected

I need help solving a simple requirement.
<select id="my-select1">
<option value="1">This is option 1 ({myop1}|OP)</option>
<option value="2" selected>This is option 2 ({myop1}|OQ)</option>
<option value="3">This is option 3 ({myop1}|OR)</option>
</select>
<select id="my-select2">
<option value="1">This is option 1 ({myop2}|PP)</option>
<option value="2">This is option 2 ({myop2}|PQ)</option>
<option value="3" selected>This is option 3 ({myop2}|PR)</option>
</select>
<select id="my-select3">
<option value="1">This is option 1 ({myop3}|QP)</option>
<option value="2">This is option 2 ({myop3}|QQ)</option>
<option value="3" selected>This is option 3 ({myop3}|QR)</option>
</select>
See the HTML above, I want to recreate my array:
combo = ["abc-{myop1}-{myop2}", "def-{myop2}"];
INTO
combo = ["abc-OQ-PR", "def-PR"];
based on the selected options.
Another thing to note is that I cannot simply change the value of the options of the select box, meaning to say the HTML is somewhat as it is, if it would help, the only part i can restructure on that HTML is the text content between <option></option>
I'm not sure, but I'm already spending a couple of hrs just to solve this problem. Maybe due to my limited jQuery knowledge.
Please help. thanks

Get the selected values into an associative array:
var pattern = {};
var s = $('select option:selected').each(function(){
var m = /\((.*?)\|(.*)\)/.exec($(this).text());
pattern[m[1]] = m[2];
});
Then you can replace each place holder in each string in the array with the corresponding value:
combo = $.map(combo, function(e){
return e.replace(/\{.*?\}/g, function(m){
return pattern[m];
});
});
Demo: jsfiddle.net/C97ma/

Based on the information you provided I'm don't get it 100% I guess. But whatever you're trying to do, I guess jQuerys .map() and $.map() would help you here.
Like
var arr = $('select').find('option:selected').map(function(index, elem) {
return elem.textContent || elem.text;
}).get();
Demo: http://www.jsfiddle.net/4yUqL/78/
Within the callback you can modify/match the text in any way you want/need. In your case I could imagine you want to use a regular expression to match the selected strings and recreate those somehow.

I figure you're using javascript for combining those (it can be done with PHP also)..
You need references to your selects, e.g. :
<script type="text/javascript">
a=document.getElementById("myselect").options[1];
</script>
This will assign the 2nd option value from the 'myselect' select element to the variable 'a'

To begin with I would change the values in the select box like this:
<select id="my-select1">
<option value="OP">This is option 1 ({myop1}|OP)</option>
<option value="OQ" selected>This is option 2 ({myop1}|OQ)</option>
<option value="OR">This is option 3 ({myop1}|OR)</option>
</select>
<select id="my-select2">
<option value="PP">This is option 1 ({myop2}|PP)</option>
<option value="PQ">This is option 2 ({myop2}|PQ)</option>
<option value="PR" selected>This is option 3 ({myop2}|PR)</option>
</select>
<select id="my-select3">
<option value="QP">This is option 1 ({myop3}|QP)</option>
<option value="QQ">This is option 2 ({myop3}|QQ)</option>
<option value="QR" selected>This is option 3 ({myop3}|QR)</option>
</select>
Now to update your array:
var comboDef = ["abc-{myop1}-{myop2}", "def-{myop2}"];
var combo = ["abc-{myop1}-{myop2}", "def-{myop2}"];
function updateArray() {
combo = comboDef;
for (i in combo)
{
combo[i] = combo[i].replace("{myop1}",document.getElementById("my-select1").value);
combo[i] = combo[i].replace("{myop2}",document.getElementById("my-select2").value);
combo[i] = combo[i].replace("{myop3}",document.getElementById("my-select3").value);
}
}
Of course, this could be done better with proper arrays (if you gave your select boxes the same name you could iterate through them using document.getElementsByName()). The basic idea is the replace though which I trust is what you're looking for.